Reeling machine



July 24, 1928, 1,678,367 P. ,1. THOMAS REELING MACHINE.

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P; J. THOMAS REELING MACHINE July 24, 1928. 1,678,367

, P. J. THOMAS REELING MACHINE Filed July 22, 1926 s Sheeta-Sheet 6Patented July 24, 1928.

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PAGIFIC J. THOMAS, OF PITTST ON, PENNSYLVANIA.

REELING MACHINE.

Application filed July 22 operator starts the machine for the neatskein. I I

An object of the invention is to furnish improved means foraccomplishing this result on the ordinary ske'in winding machinesprovided with the usual stop motion mechanism and the like.

lVith the foregoing object outlined and pear as the descriptionproceeds, the inven tion consists in the novel features hereinafterdescribed in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and moreparticularly 20 pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a portion of a skein winding machine withthe improved mechanism attached thereto.

Fig.2 is a transversesectional view taken vertically through the machineand showing the position of the parts while the skeins are being woundand before the mechanism has actuated to stop the skein reela Fig. 3'isa similar view; looking from the opposite end of the machine.

Fig. 4: is a View similar to Fig. 2' but illustrating the parts in theposition which they occupy after a predetermined length of thread hasbeen wound. on the reel and. the reel has been halted.

Fig. 5. is a detail bearing.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the side bars of the machine framewhich support a reel shaft 3'carryinga reel 1 on which the skeins ofthread5 are wound. One end of the reel shaft is vertically movable in abearing 6, having a supporting block slidably mounted in side bar 2,asshown in detail in Fig. 5, to permit a driven wheel 7 fixed on thereel shaft to be raised out of contact with a driving wheel8 fixed on adriving shaft 9. Located at the opposite end of the machine from thewheels 7- and 8, is a view of the reel shaft stub shaft 9 on which ismounted a rotatable worm gear 10 which is fixed to a drum 11.

The gear 10 will be hereinafter referred to as the counting wheel.,'andarranged between this wheel and the drum 11 is an armor pointer 12 whichmaybe fixed to rotate with other objects in view, which will up- 1926.Serial no. 124,176..

with the wheel 10, by any suitable means such as a set screw 13. As thearm 12 rotates with the wheel 10 during the operation of the machine, itis necessary to have a zero position for the arm at the beginningof theoperation, and to take care of this, a stop 1% is fixed on the frameofthe machine and is adaptedtobe engaged by the arm 12 when the wheel'10 rotates in one. direction. The wheel 10 is actuated by a. drivingworm 15 fixed on a shaft 16 rotatable in a bracket 17 that is pivoted at18 onthe frame of the inachine. The end ofthe shaft 16 remote from theworm 15, has abevel gear 19 which is in constant mesh with a similar onthe reel shaft 3. From the foregoing, it will be seen that the drivingshaft 9 rotates the wheel 8 and this wheel drives the wheel 7. In thisway the reel shaft 3 is driven and the gears 20 and 19 actuate the worm15 and the counting wheel 10. Consequently the arm 12, which rotateswiththe wheel 10, is moved away from the stop jig-and when a suflicientamount of thread has been wound on the reel, the arm 12 will strike apin 21 mounted ona bell crank lever 22 that'is pivoted at 28 on theframeof the machine. This bell crank lever has .a weight '24: that normallyholds the end of one of its armsagainst a notched camn25 fixed on a rockshaft 26 that extends throughout the length of the machine and'ismounted in bearings in the frame lever22 and thebell crank lever movesout of the notch of the cam, so that the cam may rotate in a clockwisedirection, in Fig. 3. This movement of the cam is caused by a. spring 27which has one of its ends fixedat 28 to the frame of the machine and itsopposite end connectedto the depending arm of a lever 29, which ismounted on a pivot 30. A rod 31 is adjustably connected to the lever arm29 and also to a lever 32' which is fixed on the shaft 26. When the bellcrank lever 22 is drawn out of the notch of the cam 25 and the cam turnsunder the influence of the spring 27, the arm 22" of the bell crankrides onthenose 25 of the cam and is held in contact with the cam bythe-weight 24L. Therefore, whenthe cam is moved in the gear 20 fixedwhereby when the cam is released by the first bell crank lever thesecond link may move the driven shaft out of engagement with thecounting wheel. I

3. In a reeling machine, a reel shaft carrying a reel, a driven shaft,means for actuating said shafts, a rock shaft, means for driving therock shaft from the driven shaft and including control mechanism forpreventing actuation of the rock shaft until the driven shaft has beenturned a predetermined number of revolutions, a lever for halting themovement of the reel shaft, an arm arranged to move said lever in onedirection, said arm being movable with the rock shaft, and anautomatically operating latch for retaining said arm in position afterit has moved said lever.

i. In a reeling machine as claimed in claim 3, an eccentric on said rockshaft, aflexible element connected to the eccentric and means forexerting force on the flexiblemember to move the arm in a direction awayfrom, said lever. i

5. In a reeling machine as claimed in claim 3, manually controlled meansfor releasing said latch.

6. In a. reeling machine as claimed in claim 3, an eccentric mounted 011the rock shaft, a

flexible element for exerting force on the eccentric to move the armaway from said lever, and means engageable with the lever and connectedto the flexible element to permit the operator to move the lever in onedirection and to move the arm in the same direction.

7. In a reeling machine as claimed in claim 3, indicatingmechanismactuated by said rock shaft.

8. In a reeling machine, a reel shaft carrying a reel, a driven shaft, adriving shaft, contacting wheels on the reel shaft and driving shaft topermit the latter to actuate the former, a counting wheel actuated bythe driven shaft, an arm movable with. the counting wheel, a weightedbell crank lever actuated in one direction by said arm, a cam controlledby said bell crank lever, a rock shaft controlled by the cam, springactuated means also controlled by the cam for disconnecting the drivenshaft from the counting wheel, and means actuated by the rock shaft forbreaking the contact between the wheels on the reel shaft and thedriving shaft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PACIFIC J. THOMAS.

